Challenge #5 - Kerri's layout

Challenge 5 was all about chocolate, and we had to follow a recipe and use certain things on our layout.

This is what I came up with (I have a b-day theme going I think!)

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Leigh will be here soon with her Challenge 5 layout!

Challenge 3 - Kerri's layout

this one was fun too! We had to do some selective colouring, use a date element and journal 20 words or more, and highlight some of the journalling.

I chose to scrap Richard's Birthday

Credits:
Stop, Drop & Roll by Ziggles Designs at Scrap Orchard
Date bits by Connie Prince
Font: DJB Christy, MTB Hello Again

Leigh will be here soon with her take on Challenge 3!

Challenge #2 - Kerri's layout

Oops, I should have posted this at the weekend, I admit I forgot.

I LOVED this challenge, even more so, because I did a layout that I really, really like which I would never have even thought to make if it hadn't been for ADSR.
So the requirements were:
Scrap about 5 things you love about...
5 fonts or alphas in the title
5 pictures and one has to have the number 5 in it
5 of the same element but in different variations

And here is my layout which meets all requirementsCredits:
I got a feelin by Lyndsay Riches at Scrap Orchard

Back after Leigh has posted her Challenge 2 layout!
Cu then

Challenge #12

So here it is the layout we are both pretty proud of. This challenge was to have half or more of the page with journalling and we had to journal about "why we scrapbook? why we are storytellers", the wordart was given to us and had to be on the page, and we had to have a photo of each of us and it had to be in the bottom right. Leigh made the page and we each did our journalling. Then I added the journalling and the wordtags to the page Leigh had created. We worked closely together and it came out great, don't you think!

Credits:
Kit used: Dreamer by Flutter Expressions
Wordart by We are Storytellers
Wordtags by Karah Fredricks
Fonts: Pea Happy girl, Pea Amy Rica

So if you want to read it, here is the journalling:
Kerri:
Why do I scrap? Good question, I have always loved taking photos and of any holiday I have taken since I had my own camera I have made photo albums. Then digital cameras and pictures came around and I found the wonders of a photo book. And have told the story of my holidays in them. Mostly I let the pictures do the talking with only small additions of place names and people. That said, I have always kept a diary on my holidays and together the photo albums and diary make it whole. From there it was only a small step to finding "digital scrapbooking" and it came at a perfect time in my life. My Mother was just recovering from lung cancer and my husband was about to start a new job which took/takes him away from us during the week. Finding digital scrapbooking has saved me from feeling alone in the evenings. As soon as my boys are in bed, I am on the computer, keeping up with my online friends, scrapping, designing. I swear there are never enough hours in my evenings for all that I want to be able to do. My layouts still lack journalling, I am so used to the pictures doing their own talking, but slowly I am learning that sometimes they don't and that I need to tell the story on the page too. This Race for one has gotten me journalling and really liking the outcome of the layouts. So thank you NDISB for putting on this race. I have loved every challenge and minute of it.

Leigh:
I tell the stories my Mom never told us. My parents made myself and my 3 siblings photo albums when we were younger, all they contained were the pictures with no names, no dates, and no occasions listed. After I had my daughter I was looking for a better way to preserve the memories, some way to tell my daughter the stories behind the pictures long after I could remember or was gone. I had tried papter scrapping but I just couldn't bring myself to cut the pictures up. When I found digital scrapbooking it was perfect. This way I could manipulate the photo's anyway I wanted without feeling like I was destroying them. When my Mom died, making sure the stories were told became even more important to me. My Mom was always the one we went to for the information about the pictures in albums, and now that link is gone. I was determined to make sure my kids, and my family would have these all important pages, my stories. So, for now, I am the storyteller, and I hope someday to pass this on to my daughter so that she may someday be the storyteller. So the stories of our family will live on, for more than just my lifetime.

Thanks again for all your comments, and now fingers xed that we get drawn out of the hat next week. There is actually a 13th Challenge we would have to do together, but it is optional, and we haven't decided yet, if we are going for it or not! Any views on that?!

Challenge #11 - Leigh's Layout

Ooops is right!!! We both fell behind. I had a little bit of a hard time with this challenge. Not in choosing the picture or the question, but in finding a kit that would work for the picture and for me. I finally found one I thought would work....and in the end, I was really happy with the result. So here is my Challenge #11....Good Luck?.....

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Ok, so we are already finished with Challenge #12, and Kerri should be getting it onto the blog sometime really soon. We are really proud of the results of this last one. We had to work together to do it and I think we work really well together.....though I was probably a little picky for Kerri's taste....LOL. Just kidding Kerri. Anyway, we hope you have enjoyed the race with us. It's not quite over so.....Until next time.....

Blessings!!!

Challenge #9 - Leigh's Layout

This has been a really hard week for me, and I think it has for Kerri also, so as a result we both are running late with our layouts for the Race. I spent the last part of last week at the Dr's office, I had re-injured my back after more than 10 years and seriously if you haven't ever had kids before this pain ranks right up there with labor. So with a shot of cortisone, some muscle relaxers, pain killers and a heating pad I am almost back to normal with that. Then I spent the first part of this week dealing with an abscessed tooth, again not fun. So with some antibiotics that is now starting to go away and I am feeling almost like a normal person again. But enough about my personal life, since you are here to see our Race layouts. Challenge 9 was interesting, it had to include pictures of two generations (if it was in one picture that was fine), a flower, lace, a metal object, and a "vintage" or "ephemera" object like an old clock, or and old book. It took me a while to find a picture I wanted to use, then with some thinking I knew what kit I wanted to use.....just one problem.....it's been retired. Hmmmmm, well lets see, so I started through my stash of kits on CD and what did I find??? The kit I wanted to use, I already had it (I thought I might have which is why I was going through my stash). So, I know what you're saying....let's see the layout already......OK, here you go......it's called Time.......

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Ok so I'm off to start on Challenge 10, it's a Roadblock and since Kerri did the last one guess what??? I get to do this one. I have some ideas for it so maybe I can get started on the layout and finish it tomorrow after I get to talk with Kerri. So until next time....

Blessings!!!

Challenge #7 - Leigh's Take

Well, like Kerri said this Challenge was a pretty easy one, and now that I have seen Kerri's layout I am surprised that our layouts are somewhat similar, though they have some big differences. Like minds really do think alike....LOL!!!! They really made this challenge easy by saying that we could recolor anything in the mini-kit and also we could use anything from other kits that we wanted, just that we HAD to use the 10 items from the mini-kit in the layout at least once. Ok, so here's my take on the challenge....my layout called Swinging....

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So we are more than half way through the race at this point, only 5 more challenges to get through. It will be interesting to see what is in store for us. We have certainly had to think "Out of the Box" in the challenges that have been presented till now. It's been great fun though and time has certainly flown. Until next time then....

Blessings!!!

Challenge #6

this challenge was a so-called "road block", meaning that only one of us needed to do it. As Leigh said, I volunteered. So here is what I had to do, I had to browse leigh's gallery find a layout to scraplift, then flip it over and turn it 45° and use it as a sketch, but it had to have the same amount of elements on it.
OK, so here is the layout Leigh helped me choose (too many great ones in her gallery, so I needed some help)
this is the layout flipped and turned, so that you know what I am talking aboutAnd here is my layout based on Leighs

Credits:
Snowblind by Sweet Digi Scraps

It was again great fun, and I am now looking forward to Sunday when the next challenge is posted
Bye 4 now

Challenge #5 - Leigh's Layout

This one was another bit of.....well.....a challenge for me. I had many ideas, none of which seemed to be just right for the layout. Then I got online with my partner in the race this afternoon and we got to chatting about our parallel lives again, and it hit me. Wow, did this layout come together quick after that!! I think Kerri was a bit surprised too, but I like doing that....he he he. So here you go....My challenge #5 entry....

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So now it's on to Challenge #6......which is a ROADBLOCK. This one can only be done by one of the members of the team....and Kerri has volunteered. So she has this next one. I am anxious to see what she comes up with. I'm also quite sure she will be done soon as she always amazes me how quickly she gets all of her layouts done, and they always ROCK!!! Ok, so until next time for me.....

Blessings!!!

Challenge # 5 - Kerri's Layout

Well, I finally found the challenge on Monday evening and spent the day today, wondering how to solve it. The challenge is to scrap a layout WITHOUT photos! Never done that before! And on top of that you had to use 3 frames. I wondered about what I could frame, and then came up with this!

Credits:

Valentimes by Dinphy at DigitalArts Cafe
Alpha - Lucky's Cardboard Alpha

Bye 4 now
Hugs
Kerri

Challenge #4 - Leigh's Layout

Oh My Gosh!!! This layout took me FOREVER!!! I started with one picture, then added a second. Then I finally found the kit I wanted to use which worked perfectly for me, though I'm not sure if it met all the requitements for the layout. So we will see. It took me 2 days to make the layout in and amongst cleaning the house with my DH (we have been doing a full clean of the house since the beginning of the year). Now it has taken me a little over an hour today to complete the journaling, usually journaling is not as hard for me but in this instance it was a bit harder. I had to stop a few times, too many tears. So, without further ado I give you....Someday....

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Journaling Reads:

Someday I’ll be able to tell you all the stories I want to tell you about Grand. Someday I’ll be able to tell you about all the special things Grand was to me as a mother without crying my eyes out first. Someday, we will be able to talk about Grand, and you will be able to ask me more questions than just “Mamma, Do you miss her?” and “Grand is in Heaven, right?” Someday all these things will be true about when we talk about Grand. Then there is Grammie, Oh what a truely special relationship you have with Grammie. How Blessed are you that you have Grammie to watch over you while you are here, and your angel Grand to help watch over you from above. I know in my heart that Grand watches over, and especially sits with Grammie as an angel on her shoulder also. The greatest Blessing is knowing that SOMEDAY we will all be together.

Ok, so hopefully we will get good news and we will be on to the next round, as nerveracking as it sometimes is, this has really been a whole lot of fun!!! Thanks again to all who have been by and commented, it does mean soooooo much to us. Until next time....

Blessings!!!

Challenge #1 - Leigh's Layout

Yep, I knew that Kerri would make me look bad.....LOL!! I knew that she would have her layout done within the first day. Me on the other hand, I kept getting sidetracked. I knew two days ago exactly which picture I wanted to use, but my DH had other plans for my free time. And NO it's NOT what you are thinking!!! Get your minds out of the GUTTER!!!!! He wanted to go shopping with the Christmas money that we got. He had big plans!!! Ok, so enough about that, on to my layout. This was an interesting one for me. I have NEVER been able to cut or rip pictures at all....EVER. That was the reason I started digital scrapbooking in the first place. I could manipulate the pictures without really "hurting" them. Anyway, so I got to rip a picture in my own little way....oh and I got to use my new Bamboo Fun Tablet also....Woo Hoo. So here it is....

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We have already gotten our assignment for Challenge #2, and Kerri and I are hard at work getting everything ready for that one. Thanks for coming by and looking this has already been a lot of fun.

Blessings!!

Challenge 1 - Kerri's Layout

OK, that was fun. To start with I could only think of tearing a photo of an ex into pieces, and as I have already done that in the past, it wasn't an option! but then I came up with this, and I quite like it!Credits:
Playdate by Sweet Digi Scraps at BTST
Tear Action by Atomic Cupcake